Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
Policyband
Former Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), who led the Energy and Commerce Committee for one term, calls for USF’s overhaul before lawmakers consider new revenue sources
Policyband
In a LinkedIn post outlining his priorities as No. 2 to CEO Chris Winfrey, Jeffery set a high bar for himself and the company: ‘The Great Cable Comeback starts here’
Policyband
“If E-Rate is not delivering, or worse, if it is hurting students, then it should be curtailed or ended,” O’Rielly says, adding the FCC has the legal authority to pursue reforms.
Policyband
A week into their retransmission consent dispute, CCB owner DuJuan McCoy claims DIRECTV is failing to recognize the value of the local coverage provided by his WRTV-ABC, WISH TV, and MyINDY TV 23
Policyband
“This is one of those bills that quietly became a big one,” said doxo CEO Steve Shivers. But his firm’s cable price survey failed to note data-mobile-video bundles or the $82.99 price of You Tube TV
Policyband
In its narrative of Kim’s failed bid for TEGNA, the court sidestepped Nancy Pelosi’s intervention on behalf of Democratic donor Byron Allen, an African-American businessman and Kim’s rival for TEGNA
Policyband
Now it’s up to the 50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., to sign contracts with ISPs (or Subgrantees in BEAD parlance) to get the backhoes digging and the networks humming
Policyband
Widow of Mediacom founder Rocco B. Commisso to serve as Vice Chair and Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Administration, reporting to her son, CEO Giuseppe Commisso
Policyband
‘With GFiber, what you see is what you get for the long haul: You get a flat, fixed rate from day one with zero term lengths, zero annual contracts, and zero promotional expirations attached’
Policyband
Following a September briefing schedule, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan plans to hold a hearing the week of Oct. 5 – sooner if the FCC directs ‘any hearing designation order’ aimed at Disney/ABC
Policyband
‘We commit to maintaining our existing newsroom staffing levels for a minimum of two years ...’ President and CEO Mary G. Berner tells Carr ahead of FCC approval of firm’s corporate reorganization
Policyband
“Until it is proven to me that [LEOs] have the capacity and the latency able to serve in our artificial intelligence economy, then I’m not convinced that that is in fact the answer,” Gomez said.
Policyband
Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute study says New York grant amounts have risen by about $38 million across programs, while the number of planned connections has dropped by about 34,000
Policyband
NABJ hands African-American McCoy, CEO of Circle City Broadcasting, a 'Thumbs Down’ award over vaguely described concerns about his treatment of Black journalists at WISH‑TV in Indianapolis
Policyband
An FCC filing shows the Nebraska carrier will shut down all services by Sept. 30 after wholesale partners cut off access, leaving 3,756 customers with only weeks to transition.
Policyband
About $1.2 billion in limbo as the Texas Broadband Development Office deals with criticism, apparently encouraged by Starlink rival Amazon Leo, over how broadband deployment funds were awarded
